Gold Prices and Charts

The market price of gold today, 19-Mar-2018 is 1,312 dollars per troy ounce.

Gold data on Quandl includes today's live market prices for gold coins, bullion, futures and spot gold rates; plus full historical data that you can download, graph, embed or access via our API. Just click on any gold rate or graph to see the entire data history as a time series.

London Gold Fixings

The LBMA fixes the price of gold by matching gold buyers and gold sellers until the market clears. These gold prices are considered the benchmark for gold trading around the world.

Gold Prices in India

In addition to informal spot markets and jewellers around the country, gold in India trades mainly on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in Mumbai. The MCX sets gold rates for a number of gold contracts.

Gold Coins

Gold coins are considered a valuable investment by many people wanting to diversify their portfolios. Gold coins minted by different countries vary in their size, weight and purity of composition; hence their prices also vary. Rarity is another factor determining gold coin prices.

Gold Bullion

Industrial gold users and large financial institutions including central banks transact mostly in gold bulliion. Gold bullion rates are benchmarked to a handful of reputable firms known for the purity and uniformity of their gold bars.

GOFO Gold Forward Rates

GOFO rates reflect the expected future demand for gold. GOFO is the rate of interest paid by borrowers on cash loans that are collateralized by gold. A negative GOFO rate implies that cash borrowers receive interest when they borrow cash aginst gold. Another way to interpret this is that the market is willing to pay interest to borrow gold.

Gold Data on Quandl

Gold data on Quandl comes from a variety of reliable sources, including the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the Wiki Commodities Database, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the World Gold Council, the US Federal Reserve, The US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bundesbank and the Bank of England. If there's some other dataset or source you'd like added to this page, please email me.